Defying Gravity: Antares Spaceship
Here's a quick video I threw together from my work at Stargate digital. I designed most of the medium scale elements of the ship, and was responsible for the principal modeling of Antares. Special consideration was taken with moving parts, scale, and overall believability of the design. Other members of the team consisting of Mike Yip, Jess Brown, Gavin Jung, Henry Peng, Brent Boulet, and Mike Lemon were tasked with creating the textures, shaders, effects, and some additional modeling. The ship is a half mile in total length, and no detail was overlooked.
We all worked closely with the Executive Producer Michael Edelstein, and the Production designer, Stephen Geaghan to come up with design ideas and adhere to the overall vision of the production. It was quite a fun project to work on, and although Defying Gravity was canceled after only 13 episodes, it was nominated for a VES award for "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series" in 2010.
All shots are courtesy of Stargate Digital Studios.